PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN FROM INTERNET PEDOPHILES!
Pedophiles seek a target-rich environment for finding their prey, and the Internet has become their flocking ground. Pedophiles are mainly adults or older adolescents who are sexually attracted to younger children.
Most pedophiles start out by grooming the child. This is where the child begins to trust the pedophile and the pedophile befriends the child. This grooming process is to lower the child's inhibitions in preparation for sexual abuse. The process of grooming may take a while to build that trust, but it is this process that will make it harder for the child to come forward later once that abuse has begun and tell. This is because it is harder to tell on someone that you trust or care about. Some of the ways that pedophiles use to groom children may not be illegal in and of themselves, but when taken as a whole indicate that the pedophile is grooming the child to sexually abuse him.
Once the pedophile has groomed the child and the child is receptive or responsive to sexual advances, the pedophile is now open to doing any number of different acts, including exposing his genitals to the child, displaying pornography, viewing the child's genitals, physical contact with the child's genitals, sexual contact with the child's genitals (including masturbation, oral sex, vaginal sex, and anal sex), or using the child to produce child pornography. All of these acts are harmful to the child, maybe not physically, but definitely mentally and emotionally. It is illegal to have do any of the above with a child under the age of consent; it is abuse and it harms the child. Many times the child is afraid to come forward because he/she is afraid that he/she won't be believed or that they or their family or pets will be harmed by the abuser if they find out. Often times, the pedophile will play on these and other fears as a means to keep the child quiet.
You do not act upon the compulsions that mark one as a pedophile
Pedophiles seek a target-rich environment for finding their prey, and the Internet has become their flocking ground. Pedophiles are mainly adults or older adolescents who are sexually attracted to younger children.
Most pedophiles start out by grooming the child. This is where the child begins to trust the pedophile and the pedophile befriends the child. This grooming process is to lower the child's inhibitions in preparation for sexual abuse. The process of grooming may take a while to build that trust, but it is this process that will make it harder for the child to come forward later once that abuse has begun and tell. This is because it is harder to tell on someone that you trust or care about. Some of the ways that pedophiles use to groom children may not be illegal in and of themselves, but when taken as a whole indicate that the pedophile is grooming the child to sexually abuse him.
Once the pedophile has groomed the child and the child is receptive or responsive to sexual advances, the pedophile is now open to doing any number of different acts, including exposing his genitals to the child, displaying pornography, viewing the child's genitals, physical contact with the child's genitals, sexual contact with the child's genitals (including masturbation, oral sex, vaginal sex, and anal sex), or using the child to produce child pornography. All of these acts are harmful to the child, maybe not physically, but definitely mentally and emotionally. It is illegal to have do any of the above with a child under the age of consent; it is abuse and it harms the child. Many times the child is afraid to come forward because he/she is afraid that he/she won't be believed or that they or their family or pets will be harmed by the abuser if they find out. Often times, the pedophile will play on these and other fears as a means to keep the child quiet.
You do not act upon the compulsions that mark one as a pedophile